Category: Articles
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J'accuse : Pater nunquam
Paul Borg Olivier has told the Nationalist Party General Council that the Nationalist Party remains “the party that proposes values without imposing them”. Take some time to chew on that one. Meanwhile, top guest on Xarabank, Joseph Muscat, regaled us with another assertion of Labour’s non-policy on divorce. Labour too, it seems, is not into…
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J'accuse : Wasted
It’s honoraria now. You cannot blame Labour for enthusiastically fanning the flames of disgruntlement with Gonzi’s government. Muscat has just gotten away with convincing a huge chunk of the population that the Yes to Divorce was a victory achieved by Labour. It was not, and I am not being petty. Labour’s foot shuffling and dilly-dallying…
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J’accuse : Sophistry, Protagoras & San Ċipress
The return of summer has meant the return of the time-slot dedicated to listening to podcasts at a leisurely pace while lapping up the sun on a beach. This week I caught up on the “History of Philosophy without Gaps” series delivered by Peter Adamson of King’s College (available gratis on iTunes). As luck (and…
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J'accuse : CTRL + ALT + DEL
The combination of letters in the title is a common occurrence in computing jargon – mostly favoured by the illiterati and semi-literati of the world of the microprocessor whenever their computing machine seems to have gone A.W.O.L and is failing to obey the most basic of orders. Pressing a combination of keys that are abbreviations…
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J'accuse : Thoroughly Modern Malta
It’s official. It’s no longer about divorce. Saturday’s referendum is about rubber-stamping Malta’s new Identity Card. Think of it as a visit to the ID Office the next time the authorities decide to renew most expired cards. Think of Lady Malta in the queue waiting to get her photo taken and digitally added to the…
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J'accuse: Far from the madding crowd
For my sins I tuned into One TV’s Affari Taghna on Friday night. Bundy’s programme is going through its own apotheosis and will soon be sitting at the Olympian table of Maltese television alongside the other opiates of Maltese thinking. On Friday, Deborah Schembri (likes divorce) and Joyce Cassar (doesn’t like divorce) crossed swords before…